# Kodiak Robotics funding: rounds and investors

> Kodiak Robotics has raised $140M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Battery Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and SV Angel.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kodiak-robotics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Kodiak Robotics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Automotive & EVs Manufacturing

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$140M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

**$40M** Series A **$100M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $100M May 2026
- **Step-up i:** 2.5×
- **Investors:** 7 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2020 2022 2024 2026

**$40M** Series A

**$100M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $40M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Between rounds:** 7.8 years

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Round **$100M** *3 new* *2 returning* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [StepStone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone-group) Source recorded
- **Aug 2018** Series A **$40M** *4 new* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) Lead [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) Battery. CRV Tusk Reported by TechCrunch

## Founders and team

From Kodiak Robotics's own website: 1 founder, 7 on the team.

**Don Burnette** Founder & CEO

- **Jamie Hoffacker** Vice President of Hardware
- **Tyler Rosengren** Vice President of Marketing
- **Gerhard Eschelbeck** Chief Information Security Officer
- **Jordan Coleman** Chief Legal and Policy Officer
- **Michael Wiesinger** Chief Operating Officer
- **Surajit Datta** Chief Financial Officer
- **Zsuzsanna Major** Chief People Officer

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2018 **Round** 2026 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) L [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [StepStone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone-group) Battery. CRV Tusk

## Everyone who backed them

[Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) VC firm **1** round

[StepStone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone-group) Fund of funds **1** round

Battery. CRV no record of our own yet **1** round

Tusk no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kodiak-robotics).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list Kodiak Robotics as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Horizon Technology Finance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizon-technology-finance) Venture debt Per its own site

[Tusk Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tusk-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[BMW i Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bmw-i-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Marlinspike](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marlinspike) VC firm Per its own site

[Aliya Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aliya-capital-partners) Private equity Per its own site

[A'Z Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-z-angels) VC firm Per its own site

[SV8 VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv8-vc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Kodiak Robotics

### Who invested in Kodiak Robotics?

Kodiak Robotics's investors include Battery Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SV Angel, CRV and StepStone Group, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Kodiak Robotics raised?

Kodiak Robotics has raised $140M across 2 rounds since 2018.

### When did Kodiak Robotics last raise?

Kodiak Robotics's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $100M in May 2026.

### What was Kodiak Robotics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $100M in May 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Kodiak Robotics first?

Kodiak Robotics's first round on record, in Aug 2018, was backed by Battery Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Battery. CRV and 1 others.

### What stage is Kodiak Robotics at?

Kodiak Robotics's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in May 2026.

### Where is Kodiak Robotics based?

Kodiak Robotics is based in the United States.

### Who led Kodiak Robotics's rounds?

Battery Ventures led the Series A in 2018.

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